Bio Town Ag

What Bio Town Ag does

BioTown Ag operates a vertically integrated organic-waste recycling platform from a single site in Reynolds, Indiana (White County), serving commercial waste generators across Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky within a ~300-mile radius. The company provides scheduled pickup via a company-owned trucking fleet (toter, vac, walking-floor, roll-off, tanker), on-site depackaging of sealed, cased, and palletized product, rail-served bulk logistics, and environmental services including lagoon and tank cleanouts, wash water handling, and emergency off-cycle response. Its primary customers are enterprise waste generators — food processors, national CPG suppliers, and regional dairy processors — who contract for multi-year (2–5 year) fixed-term handling agreements with itemized per-ton pricing (tipping, hauling, surcharges) and no surge or broker markup.

The core technology is a closed-loop anaerobic digestion system using DVO-developed digester technology housed in concrete tanks paired with GE Jenbacher engines, which converts food processing residuals, dairy manure, and beef manure into three commercial outputs: renewable natural gas (RNG), renewable electricity, and organic fertilizer. Output is commercialized through three sub-brands: BioTown BioGas (RNG and renewable power, operated as a joint venture with Green Rock Energy Partners since March 2023, producing 3M+ gallons of RNG and 42M+ kWh of renewable power annually at a carbon intensity score of approximately -350); BioFluent (nutrient-intense organic fertilizer with lab-verified NPK content priced at $180-$225 per acre); and Back 2 Earth (all-natural compost). A fourth brand, Legacy Maker, markets beef raised on forage grown with the digester's fertilizer, completing the circular loop.

BioTown Ag's revenue model is transaction-based across five streams: tipping and handling fees per ton of organic waste; company-owned trucking and logistics fees; rail freight economics for long-haul bulk volume; per-acre BioFluent fertilizer sales; and RNG and renewable power offtake sales to NIPSCO (power) and United Energy Trading (RNG). The company sells exclusively through direct enterprise field sales with a 24-hour quote response SLA. Annual scale metrics include 128,000 tons of waste diverted, 200,000 tons of CO2 emissions avoided, 36.5M gallons of wastewater diverted from treatment plants, and 70,000 tons of natural NPK resources saved from strip mines. The company is a multigenerational Furrer family operation with professional management (CEO Troy Fiechter, CFO Chad Hoerr) controlling roughly 50+ full-time roles.

Name

Bio Town Ag

Legal name

BioTown Ag

Website

https://biotownag.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BioTown Ag is a vertically integrated organic-waste recycling company in Reynolds, Indiana, serving Midwest food processors, CPG suppliers, and dairy operators with commercial waste handling, company-owned trucking, rail logistics, anaerobic digestion, RNG and renewable power production, and organic fertilizer sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Waste Recycling & Renewable Energy

NAICS

Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531), Compost Manufacturing (325315)

akta.pro primary industry

Digestate Processing, Nutrient Recovery & Fertilizer Products (Struvite, Ammonia, Compost) (EUAAAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Anaerobic Digestion (AD) & Biogas/RNG Production (Organics Feedstocks) (BPALAEAC), Bio-based Fertilizers, Soil Amendments & Biostimulants (Digestate-derived, biochar-based inputs) (EUAAAIAH), On-Farm Circularity & Waste Valorization (Residue Management, Biochar, Manure/Organic Waste Use) (AFAGAMAI)

Keywords

• Organic waste recycling
• Anaerobic digestion services
• Renewable natural gas production
• Organic fertilizer manufacturing
• Commercial waste hauling

Headquarters

HQ city

Reynolds

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Organic Waste Tipping and Handling Fees: Commercial customers pay tipping/handling fees per ton of organic waste delivered. Pricing is fixed-term, itemized (tipping, hauling, surcharges) over multi-year contracts. No surge pricing. Covers off-spec product, process waste, liquids, packaged goods, DAF sludge, and wash water.
2. Trucking and Logistics Services: Company-owned fleet (toter, vac, walking-floor, roll-off, tanker) provides pickup and delivery services. Revenue from scheduled routes plus surge/on-call capacity. No broker markup — direct counterparty model.
3. Rail Logistics Services: Rail-served site allows bulk volume long-haul without adding trucks to customer yards. Rail car capacity of ~95 t/load. Revenue from bulk rail freight economics for long-distance shippers.
4. BioFluent Organic Fertilizer Sales: Per-acre pricing for nutrient-intense organic fertilizer applied with no-till coulters. Standard rate $225/acre, lower rate $180/acre. Includes permitting, daily sampling, and application with completion guarantee.
5. Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) and Power Sales: BioTown BioGas produces RNG (~3M+ gallons/year) and renewable power (42M+ kWh/year) sold to utility offtake partners (NIPSCO for power, United Energy Trading for RNG). Negative carbon intensity score near -350.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BioTown Ag operates a vertically integrated organic-waste recycling operation at a single rail-served site in Reynolds, Indiana, converting commercial organic waste streams (food processing residuals, dairy manure, beef manure, packaged and off-spec product) into renewable natural gas, renewable electric power, and nutrient-dense organic fertilizer through anaerobic digestion. Commercial services include standing organic waste handling, company-owned trucking, rail logistics, on-site depackaging, and environmental cleanouts sold under fixed-term, itemized per-ton contracts. Downstream product brands include BioTown BioGas (RNG and power), BioFluent (organic fertilizer), Back 2 Earth (compost), and Legacy Maker (beef).

Product overview

BioTown Ag operates as a vertically integrated organic waste recycling platform with multiple downstream brands and service offerings. The core service (BioTown Ag) provides commercial organic waste handling, trucking, rail, depackaging, and environmental services. Downstream brands include BioTown BioGas (renewable natural gas and power from anaerobic digestion), BioFluent (organic fertilizer), and Back 2 Earth (compost). The operation follows a closed-loop 7-step process from material receiving through livestock production, anaerobic digestion, power generation, fertilizer/water recycling, field application, and forage crop production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BioTown BioGas: Renewable natural gas and renewable power production brand, operating one of the largest on-farm biodigesters in North America. Joint venture with Green Rock Energy Partners.
• BioFluent
• Back 2 Earth
• Legacy Maker

Products and services

• Organic Waste Handling

Quantifiable outcome

• 128,000 tons of waste diverted from landfills annually
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NIPSCO (Northern Indiana Public Service Company)coreOthers · 22 March 2023NIPSCO provides renewable electric power offtake for the BioTown BioGas facility, purchasing the 42M+ kWh of renewable power generated annually.
• United Energy TradingcoreOthers · 22 March 2023United Energy Trading provides RNG (renewable natural gas) offtake for BioTown BioGas, handling the 3M+ gallons per year of renewable fuel produced at the facility.
• Back 2 EarthminorOthers · 22 March 2023Back 2 Earth is BioTown Ag's service brand for composting and soil health solutions. It helps corporations keep waste out of landfills by turning it into all-natural compost returned to the soil. Website link to b2eorganicrecycling.com.
• Legacy MakerminorOthers · 22 March 2023Legacy Maker is a downstream beef brand from the livestock raised on the closed-loop operation. Cattle consume forage grown with nutrients from the digester's fertilizer output, completing the circular agriculture loop.
• DVO, Inc.coreTechnology or Integration · 3 November 2015DVO, Inc. developed the anaerobic digester technology used at Green Cow Power (and later BioTown facilities). The system uses concrete digester tanks and is licensed/used for biogas production. Green Cow Power uses DVO technology with three 1.05 MW GE Jenbacher engines.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vanguard Renewables: Vanguard Renewables operates anaerobic digestion facilities across the Northeast and Midwest that convert food and farm waste into renewable natural gas, mirroring BioTown Ag's AD-to-RNG core model with similar feedstock customers.
• Brightmark Energy: Brightmark develops anaerobic digestion and RNG projects from agricultural and food waste, with comparable vertically integrated waste-to-energy operations and renewable natural gas offtake structures.
• DVO, Inc. DVO is the anaerobic digester technology provider whose systems power BioTown Ag's Reynolds facility and the original Green Cow Power project, making it a direct technology peer and licensing partner in the AD/biogas space.
• Maas Energy Works: Maas Energy Works develops, owns, and operates anaerobic digesters on dairy farms producing renewable electricity and RNG, with a similar agricultural-waste-to-energy feedstock base and Midwestern footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Clean Energy Fuels: Clean Energy Fuels is the largest U.S. RNG offtaker and distributor, sitting on the same RNG value chain (LCFS, RIN credits, transportation fuel) that BioTown BioGas sells into via United Energy Trading.
• Chevron Renewable Energy Group: Chevron REG (formerly Renewable Energy Group) is a major producer of renewable fuels and a buyer of renewable feedstocks and RNG, providing a public-market valuation reference for the RNG/renewable diesel value chain.
• Republic Services: Republic Services is a national solid waste and recycling hauler that competes for organic waste streams and increasingly operates organics processing and AD facilities, serving the same food-processor customers.
• Waste Management (Organics): Waste Management is the largest North American waste hauler with a growing organics recycling and RNG/composting business, directly competing for commercial organic waste streams in the Midwest.

Emerging players

• Atlas Organics: Atlas Organics operates commercial composting and organic waste diversion facilities with similar back-to-soil positioning to BioTown's Back 2 Earth brand, serving food manufacturers and municipalities.
• Harvest Power: Harvest Power converts organic waste into compost, renewable energy, and specialty fertilizers, representing a partial-overlap peer in the organics-to-fertilizer-and-energy value chain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BioTownAg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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